Ariel Machado, Hemmers Gym Brazil, had his largest performance yesterday in Chicago, GLORY 38 with the 4-man contender tournament.
The fight against Danyo Ilunga, who is known as a Top of the World fighter ended up with a unanimous decision in favor of Ariel Machado. The match against Zinedine Hameur-Lain ended in the first round by the left hook to the body of Zinedine that resulted in a technical KO. Earlier Machado already defeated a topfighter like Pavel Zhuralev during Glory 32. Ariel Machado proves to belong to the top 10 of the world. With this amazing performance the Ramon Dekkers Trophy is more than deserved!!!
